Next Buxton Clothes Swap is Tues 4 Nov 7-9pm in the halls of Fairfield Nursery & Infant School on Bench Road. Get a token for each item of clean adult clothing in good condition that you bring and choose the items you want to exchange your tokens for. Free, donations invited, fun, relaxed.

Today on Spring Gardens in Buxton the Quakers organised a 2 hour silent vigil for the Children of Gaza. Over the period well over 30 peope stood, sometimes in the rain, in shared solidarity with the children who deserve to grow up in a safe and peaceful world.

We had a lovely time at our 1st Stitch Dont Ditch sewing workshop last night and everyone went home with something they had made, altered, mended, or upcycled. Big thanks to all involved. www.transitionbuxton.co.uk

Stitch Don't Ditch Sewing Workshop, Tues 20 May 7-9pm in St Anne's Centre on Hardwich Square, #Buxton. Complete beginners and experienced sewers welcome to an evening of creativity using donated waste material. No fee just donate to help cover room hire.

#Buxton Repair Cafe, Sat 24 May 9:30-1pm in the halls of the Methodist Church on the Market Place. No fees, just donate what you can afford and feel is fair. Our volunteers fix small appliances, clothing, ceramics,, toys, and all sorts of things. Plus tea and yummies from the church cafe.

This month's #Buxton Repair Cafe on 24 May is part of the 5th annual UK wide #BigFix event. We are proud to be one of over 100 groups taking part and helping to make the case for legislation to eliminate designed in obsolecence. #righttorepair www.transitionbuxton.co.uk

In response to requests and to support building local skills to save textiles from going to landfill, Transition Buxton is offering an evening sewing workshop on 20 May in St Ann’s Centre on Hardwick Square, 7-9pm. Suitable for beginners, and those with some experience of sewing.

Repair Cafe was a little quieter than usual, but 25 items processed and kept in working order a bit longer www.transitionbuxton.co.uk saving the planet one toaster at a time.

Buxtoon Clothes Swap, Thurs 20 March, Gothic Hall at Buxton Community School 4:30-6:30pm, bring 5 or more clean good quality items of clothing (for ages 5 and older) and go home with 5 different items. #sustainablefashion

If you’d like to help nature thrive and survive in Derby & Derbyshire take part in an online consultation about the draft Local Nature Recovery Strategy. It's open until Thursday 20 March. derbyshirenaturerecovery.co.uk/str.../have-...

#Buxton Repair Cafe in the halls of Buxton Methodist Church 9:30-1pm (last item in 12:30) Saturday 22 February (4th Sat of the month). No fees, just donate what you can afford and feel is fair.

Really useful day on Friday at the #derbyshire Community Energy day of learning in #Derby sponsored by @innovateuk.bsky.social and presenters from Regen, Solar for Schools, Marshes Energy, Midlands Net Zero Hub, @mottmacdonald.bsky.social Community Energy Fund, and more.

We are celebrating the first anniversary of opening the #Buxton Library of Things. What could you borrow instead of buying? buxtonlibraryofthings.myturn.com/library

Our Potato Day was successful again with 11 people picking up orders from the Repair Cafe on Saturday. Based on weight we have seen an increase compared to last year plus some new faces picking up orders. Our thanks to Transition Chesterfield for making this possible.

Today's blackcurrant bush pruning resulted in 2 branches that had laid on the ground and taken root - carefully removed and potted on ready for the Plant Swap stall at the Rotary event 31 May in the Octagon. If you are splitting plants or growing from seed please consider saving a few for the stall.

Visit #Buxton Library of Things within the book Library on Kents Bank Road on Monday evenings 5-7pm and Saturday monrings 10-12 for pick ups and drop offs. Browse the inventory on line, reserve your items, fees are nominal. buxtonlibrayofthings.myturn.com/library/

Wow, a very busy Repair Cafe on Saturday morning, so much so that we had to ask a few people to come back next time! Our fabulous volunteers processed 48 items today including; 3 hoovers, 3 ceramic items, a tent, several radios and CD players, and 3 lamps. Next session i22 February, 9:30am-1pm.

We run a monthly Repair Cafe on the 4th Saturday of the month in the halls of Buxton Methoidist Church on the Market Place, so the next one is tomorrow 25th January, 9:30am-1pm (last item in 12:30), no fees, just donate what you can afford and feel is fair.

Hello, and welcome to our new BlueSky feed. We are a group of people in Buxton, Derbyshire UK working to build our local resilience in the face of climate and environmental crisis. No political or commercial affilliations, just real people doing real things together. www.transitionbuxton.co.uk